A study of reconstruction watcher in disaster area

Authors:
Yoshia Saito;Yasuhiro Fujihara;Yuko Murayama
Affiliations:
Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa, Iwate, Japan;Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa, Iwate, Japan;Iwate Prefectural University, Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Venue:
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake and its Tsunami caused serious damage to the Pacific coast in northeastern Japan. We suggest it is important to share the serious situation in the disaster area to gain public understanding and support. In this paper, we propose a Reconstruction Watcher which lets people share reconstruction progress visually to gain public understanding and to support the disaster area. To find practical issues and confirm the feasibility of the Reconstruction Watcher, we went to the disaster area and tried to show the serious situation to the public. This paper reports our challenges and findings.